According to the CDC, it’s a relatively new type of fungus, being first identified in Japan in 2009.

Source: https://www.1310kfka.com/abc-news/health/03/potentially-deadly-fungus-spreading-rapidly-in-us-health-care-facilities/

Applying oil to your scalp for dandruff:is due to a fungus called Malassezia, adding oil to your scalp can actually feed the fungus and create a cozy environment for it to thrive.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/healthy-skincare-habits-avoid-flawless-skin-9014056/

Applying oil to your scalp for dandruff:is due to a fungus called Malassezia, adding oil to your scalp can actually feed the fungus and create a cozy environment for it to thrive.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/life-style/healthy-skincare-habits-avoid-flawless-skin-9014056/

A rural New York community is being overtaken by a sticky fungus that is believed to have come from a nearby whiskey facility, leaving some residents in the area concerned about their health and the preservation of their homes.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/86f839e7b54e80ab?ref=ff

As viewers already know at this point, Ellie is immune to the fungus but Riley, sadly, is not.

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/the-last-of-us-episode-7-romance-ellie-riley_uk_63fdde62e4b0735bf879e996

As well as healing and helping to minimise warts, jojoba can be used on toenail fungus and athlete's foot.

Source: https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/health/1772207/jojoba-oil-benefits-skin-acne

At a concentration of 40%, the spread rate of the fungus decreased by half.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-10-agronomists-microbes-tomatoes-dangerous-fungus.html

Aviva said its standard home insurance policies exclude “‘moths, vermin, insects, fungus, damp, rust, wet or dry rot” and said it also excluded damage by insects and that even its Home Emergency add-on would not cover bed bugs.

Source: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/uk-news/bedbugs-insurance-remove-cost-infestation-27943731

Blocking a specific receptor is detrimental for the host and may lead to reactivation of the fungus.

Source: https://tbrnewsmedia.com/sbus-maurizio-del-poeta-expands-fungal-studies-adds-new-researchers/

But beyond mushrooms, mycelium – the living, growing feeding part of the fungus organism – is being harnessed to provide low-impact alternatives to animal products, synthetics and electronics.

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/mar/19/the-fungal-awakening-how-we-came-to-love-and-fear-fungi

But in the end, we always win,” he explains, adding that fungus will be humanity’s undoing “in the most dire terms” and alludes to how it might begin.

Source: https://stylecaster.com/how-last-of-us-outbreak-start/

But that isn’t keeping the CDC and their pals at the World Health Organization from doing their best Stephen King turn and trying to write a horror story about the fungus.

Source: https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2023/03/22/the-morning-briefing-americas-looming-national-divorce-is-beyond-couples-counseling-n1680391

Chloe Newcomb Hodgetts, from Monmouthshire, believes she has found a rare tiered tooth fungus (hericium cirrhatum).

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-66936574?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

Deborah Alexander had a tree in her front yard for the past 32 years, sadly it had some fungus and beetles eating away at it recently.

Source: https://newstalk1290.com/elephant-tree-austin-texas/

Even in later life, Russ, who died in 2011, still recalled bitterly how when she stored fungus from a high school science project in the refrigerator at home, her mother reacted with unbridled hysteria.

Source: https://forward.com/culture/570506/joanna-russ-science-fiction-jewish-author-library-of-america/

Exposure to the fungus occurs when the soil is disturbed.

Source: https://ngtimes.ca/health-unit-raises-awareness-about-bats-and-rabies-4/

For starters, the main premise is pure science fiction: Humans are immune from the type of fungus that causes mind control in ants — officially called Ophiocordyceps unilateralis — and it would take extreme adaptations for that to change.

Source: https://chicago.suntimes.com/2023/2/14/23582265/zombie-fungus-the-last-of-us-field-museum-hbo-matt-nelsen

I am going to assume that most Americans would look at black fungus growing on a corn cob and think "Well that's ruined."

Source: https://newstalk1280.com/ixp/76/p/corn-smut-did-you-know-this-ancient-delicacy-can-be-grown-in-kentucky/

"I came across this honey fungus in my local woodland, just as the sun was rising and lighting up the woods with golden hues," says Birmingham.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-64472234?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

"I find them absolutely stunning," says Dr Jassy Drakulic, pointing to a fungus emerging from a log.

Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64251382?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA